Mint Telecaster no longer available. Bought in 2022 and neve played, only to test. Still has original strings.
Weight: 7.0 lbs

From Sweetwater:

Though a relic'd guitar finish is almost as common these days as a flawless factory finish, it the was Fender Custom Shop that pioneered the process — and know how to do it better than anyone. Fender offers different levels of finish distressing; the second most intensely distressed of which is the Relic treatment, found on Fender Custom Shop's 1952 Time Machine Relic Telecaster. It starts with a period-correct nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Nitro finishes — standard back in the day — are significantly thinner than today's polyurethane finishes, allowing the guitar to breathe and enhancing its tonal characteristics. Relic guitars are then put through the aging process to give you an axe that looks and feels like it's seen decades of action. The process creates instruments that are spitting images of the originals. Without sneaking a look at the neck heel stamps, you'd be hard-pressed to distinguish the Fender Custom Shop 1952 Time Machine Relic Tele from the real 2-piece ash body, nitrocellulose lacquer relic finish

  • Medium-tinted rift-sawn maple neck, '52 U profile, relic nitro finish
  • Maple fingerboard, 9.5" radius, 25.5" scale length, 21 jumbo (6105) frets, dot inlays
  • Bridge pickup: handwound '51 Loaded Nocaster
  • Neck pickup: handwound '51 Loaded Nocaster
  • Fat 50's Tele wiring
  • 3-way pickup selector
  • '51/'54 bridge with brass saddles
  • 1.65" bone nut; vintage style tuners, round string tree
  • Factory strings: 9-42; standard tuning
  • Included hardshell case, strap, certificate of authenticity


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Listed6 months ago
ConditionMint (Used)
Mint items are in essentially new original condition but have been opened or played.Learn more
Brand
Model
  • Custom Shop '52 Reissue Telecaster Relic
Categories
Year
  • 2022
Right / Left Handed
  • Right Handed
Number of Strings
  • 6-String
Body Type
  • Solid Body
Series
Finish Features
  • Relic
Model Family
Body Shape
  • T-Style
Neck Construction
  • Bolt-On
Number of Frets
  • 21

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